Hospital Parking
Fucking £25 just to have a kid there. Nightmare stuff.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 15:54, 9 replies)

My dad was rushed into hospital, well by me, a few years ago
Got in and straight into surgery, then intensive care. I was outside the theatre room all night, staggered back to the car some 10 hours later, piled money into the car parking machine to get out (about £20), then drove round to the barriers to find they were broken, and permanently open.

Arse.

It is a pisstake
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:03, closed)

Top tip.
If there's no barrier, just park and let them ticket you.
Chances are, the car park is run by a private firm with no mandate in actual law to enforce penalty notices.
Ignore threatening letters.

..

Profit.

www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:15, closed)

So I'm assuming they charged you to deliver your kid on top of that?
'cause otherwise that sounds like a fucking bargain you tight-fisted cunt
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:45, closed)

True dat

( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:50, closed)

nope
kid was free. (I'm not really complaining about the cost of parking in relation to having a child. Just a quick disclaimer in case youre an american).
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 17:17, closed)

Or a goat.

(MrNorm, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 17:20, closed)

blimey
I can empathise, I got a parking ticket on the day my boy was born, it ruined everything. Couldn't enjoy the day and still don't like the boy, wish I just got an HD-TV instead. Would anyone like to swap ?
( spingers, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 17:17, closed)

When I was having my dauhter my mother and hubby sent a fortune between them on parking. Midwife tells us after the fact that if we'd told her the numberplate of my mothers car she'd have called the parking ape and he'd have left that one alone.
Tried it 2 weeks later when said baby had a breathing problem and we took her there. I was with her for 2 days and the nurses told the parking ape my numberplate and it didnt cost a penny. Rightly so.
( user_names_suck, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 23:54, closed)

My daughter (kiddy #2) is four days old
Trip one to the hospital (false alarm labour pains) - $15
Trip two to the hospital (the real deal) - $20 all day
Trip three to the hospital (visiting the next morning) - $9
Trip four to the hospital (visiting in the afternoon) - $9
Trip five to the hospital (visiting in the evening) - $9
Trip six to the hospital (discharge with mum and bub) - $6
Trip seven to the hospital (some physio class thing) - $9

Total - $77AUD (about forty quid I think)
(theremin put the lotion in the basket on, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 7:54, closed)